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This badge tracks whether large tech companies fund AI spending with debt instead of cash, and whether that debt shows up as stress in bond markets. It measures the extra interest investors demand to hold CCC-rated corporate bonds versus safer high-yield bonds, and a wider gap means lenders see more risk in weak-credit companies. Semiconductor companies depend on that spending continuing, so borrowed AI capex exposes chip stocks to credit conditions ahead of earnings.

Instructions

Check the badge first, then read Signals when the state is Watch or Alert. Treat Unavailable as missing or stale data and ignore the reading. Treat Alert as credit markets pricing risk before semiconductor stocks typically react.

Signals

• Unavailable - Data is missing or stale. Ignore the reading.
• Inactive - Tech companies fund AI spending with cash. Leverage risk is idle.
• Watch - A large share of AI spending has shifted to debt. Leverage risk is building, and bond markets are calm.
• Alert - Weak-credit bonds are under stress, and Treasury yields confirm it. Both held for three trading days.